Comparison of three differential mouse blastocyst staining methods

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-122

  Mallol, Anna ^a   Santaló, Josep ^a   Ibáñez, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Inner cell mass; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMA; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNODETECTION; INNER CELL MASS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TROPHECTODERM; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84874305095     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2012.760120     Document Type: Article

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